I simply checked all firmwares which are supported by MCSE for the TYG11 media code. The latest LG, NEC, Pioneer and Samsung drives do not support TYG11 at all. The Benq 1650/55 support it at 4x, Plextor 755/760 support it, probably at 6x. The latest LiteOn drives support it at 8x. This is what the media tables indicate.

ala42 wrote:I simply checked all firmwares which are supported by MCSE for the TYG11 media code. The latest LG, NEC, Pioneer and Samsung drives do not support TYG11 at all. The Benq 1650/55 support it at 4x, Plextor 755/760 support it, probably at 6x. The latest LiteOn drives support it at 8x. This is what the media tables indicate.

Thanks ala42!

It's kind of scary that Pioneer drives don't support TYG11 at all!! Heh, and I thought YUDEN000T03 was poorly supported!!

EDIT:
FYI, only about ~50% of players have been tested to work with DVD-RDL media on Videohelp.com, that's why I say DVD-RDL will fail utterly and completely. It's not like it hasn't been around for a while by now too. So that means that even *NEW* players are not compatible!!

I agree, I don't think that there is anything that can be done to make DVD-RDL a good format... but I keep trying to hold out hope that maybe Taiyo Yuden and/or Maxell know something about the format that makes this whole thing make more sense.